I Did It!

Yup, I hopped on the band wagon and joined the "Mug Rug"
craze that is sweeping blog land.  I adore these little "quilts"
and still wonder where I've been that I didn't know about
them until recently. 

I really want to make some for friends and co-workers, so
today I thumbed through my "Miniature" quilt magazines
that I've been saving for "some day" looking for ideas that
I could adapt.  When I saw simple directions for making
an "hour glass" block, I knew that was what I wanted to do.

So, I rummaged through some left-over charm squares and
came up with this scrappy mug rug.  Will probably make
one where the "hour glass" is all one color later, but this
was fun and a good way to use up those "little scraps from
the charms.

I have enough blocks left over to do one more.  Think I
will border it in burgundy/red.  Also may make my vertical
stripes a little narrower.  This is about 7 x 10 inches and
I wonder if it is too big?  Instead of quilting it by hand,
just used my sewing machine and stitched around it.

While scrounging around for fabric found some little
"flying geese" blocks and decided making them into a
mug rug would be a good way to use them up.  Didn't
get the backing, quilting and binding done yet.  That
will have to be a "tomorrow" project.  It is about 7 x 9
inches.  Have to decide on binding.  Do I do the same
as the sashing or bring in something different in greens?

Think I may do one that is a scrappy stripes as I've been
cutting diffferent size strips from my old 80's fabric.
Could even sew them in rows and cut into 1 1/2 blocks.

Guess the sky is the limit when it comes to making these.

Hugs,

Nola